By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration escalated its fight against the International Criminal Court by imposing sanctions on four more court officials involved in work related to alleged Israeli and US war crimes. In a statement Wednesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the State Department was designating Kimberly Prost of Canada,
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Sarah J. Maas, Freida McFadden and Emily Henry –– can these popular authors join forces and save the day against a dangerous decline in reading for enjoyment? Daily reading for pleasure has plummeted 40% over the past 20 years, according to a new study published Wednesday in the journal
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By Lisa Eadicicco, CNN New York (CNN) — How many apps does it take to plan a work meeting or a dinner with friends? It likely involves bouncing between your text messaging app, an email app, a navigation app like Google Maps and perhaps a reservation app like Resy or Opentable. Google wants to cut
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By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on a top policymaker at the Federal Reserve to resign, after one of his allies alleged that she committed mortgage fraud. In a letter dated August 15, Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte urged the Justice Department to investigate a pair
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CNN By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Target CEO Brian Cornell is stepping down after 11 years at the retailer, as the company faces slumping sales and backlash to its retreat on DEI. Cornell’s departure was widely expected. Some industry analysts believed Target should bring in an outside voice to lead the company,
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By Jennifer Bisram Click here for updates on this story BERGEN COUNTY, New Jersey (WCBS) — A New Jersey woman says her life was forever changed after she was assaulted back in 2020, but last week, her attacker averted jail time. The assault happened after a dispute over face masks, the victim told CBS News
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By Sydney Ferguson Click here for updates on this story WICHITA, Kansas (KAKE) — Local non-profit Dorothy’s Lane is celebrating a new addition to its services it calls a huge win for foster care in Kansas. Since 2016, the organization has been active in the Wichita area, offering different social services from a food and
Continue Reading KAKE, DOROTHY’S LANE, CNN By Sydney Ferguson Click here for updates on this story WICHITA, Kansas (KAKE) — Local non-profit Dorothy’s Lane is celebrating a new addition to its services it calls a huge win for foster care in Kansas. Since 2016, the organization has been active in the Wichita area, offering different social services
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By Gina Park, CNN (CNN) — Archaeologists say they have discovered the ruins of what they believe are the boundaries of an ancient temple belonging to the mysterious Andean society of Tiwanaku that disappeared around AD 1000. The research team unearthed the immense temple complex in the highlands of what is now Bolivia’s municipality of
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By Abby Wray Click here for updates on this story WICHITA, Kansas (KAKE) — Students and former faculty in the Marriage and Family Therapy program at Friends University are anxious about the program’s future and what students describe as potential changes to the program. Friends students say last school year, there were multiple instances where
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By Micaela Dea Click here for updates on this story WICHITA, Kansas (KAKE) — High school football returns Monday with first official practices kicking off across the state. As teams gear up for the new season, Wichita Independent will be taking the field in a different way. For the first time in the program’s history,
Continue Reading KAKE, THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL, CNN By Micaela Dea Click here for updates on this story WICHITA, Kansas (KAKE) — High school football returns Monday with first official practices kicking off across the state. As teams gear up for the new season, Wichita Independent will be taking the field in a different way. For the first
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By Dave Carlin Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, New York (WCBS) — Broadway star Audra McDonald is giving her account of what happened with an overzealous fan. It’s leading to a larger conversation on safety and etiquette. The revival of the musical “Gypsy” has ended its powerhouse run on Broadway, but
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — McDonald’s is slashing the prices of its combo meals just a few weeks after the CEO publicly admitted that its menu has gotten too expensive and pledged to fix the problem. McDonald’s and its US franchisees agreed to price eight popular combo meals at 15% less than
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By Trish Christakis Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — A Miami woman is urging dog owners to take precautions after her 14-year-old pet was diagnosed with parvovirus, a highly contagious and sometimes fatal illness that veterinarians say can spread quickly in apartment complexes. Owner says infection could have been prevented
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By Paul Burton, Juli McDonald, Riley Rourke Click here for updates on this story REHOBOTH, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Gregory Groom, the boyfriend of Kylee Monteiro, a missing 18-year-old pregnant woman, will be charged with murder after police found a body in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, according to investigators. Police arrested Groom Tuesday in connection with Monteiro’s disappearance.
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By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — The New York Yankees crushed a franchise record-tying nine home runs in a dominant 13-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday. The players had to wait for almost two hours as rain and lightning delayed the game, before Aaron Judge, Cody Bellinger and Giancarlo Stanton hit consecutive
Continue Reading By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Target CEO Brian Cornell is stepping down after 11 years at the retailer, as the company faces slumping sales and backlash to its retreat on DEI. Cornell’s departure was widely expected. Some industry analysts believed Target should bring in an outside voice to lead the company, but
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By Melanie Swan, CNN (CNN) — For decades, Orlando has reigned as the global capital of theme parks — a place where Disney, Universal, SeaWorld and countless other attractions have drawn millions of visitors. But a challenger for the crown has emerged from an unlikely place: the deserts of the Arabian Gulf. In a destination
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By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — The much-talked-about pairing of Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz fell to an early exit in the US Open’s mixed doubles competition on Tuesday, losing their first-round match and failing to win a set. Raducanu and Alcaraz, who have both lifted the US Open singles title on this court, lost
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Pizza Hut has a value problem. It hopes a new $5 pizza will help. On Wednesday, the chain is rolling out “Crafted Flatzz,” a thinner and crispier version of its Personal Pan Pizza, for $5. The single-serving pizzas, available for a limited time, are aimed at the
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By Lianne Kolirin, CNN London (CNN) — Noel Gallagher has dished out rare praise for his brother Liam, saying he is “smashing it” on Oasis’ reunion tour. The siblings have had a famously acrimonious relationship since their band dramatically split in 2009. But now, in an interview with UK radio station TalkSport on Tuesday, the
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By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN (CNN) — While financial scams have always been around, the variety of schemes that scammers employ to steal money are easily proliferated these days with the internet, social media, AI and crypto. Frauds and scams ranked No. 6 on the list of top consumer complaints last year, according to a recent
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By Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — The wall along the southern border will be painted black in an effort to make the structure too hot to climb, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Tuesday, saying the suggestion came from President Donald Trump. “It’s tall, which makes it very, very difficult to climb, almost
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CNN, WITN, U.S. AIR FORCE, AIRCREW MEMBER, U.S. Air Force/aircrew member By CNN Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert (CNN) — Hurricane Erin is churning up life-threatening rip currents and dangerous surf along much of the US East Coast and will soon send destructive waves and storm surge to North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Meanwhile, Atlantic hurricane
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CNN Gawon Bae, Mike Valerio, Yoonjung Seo, Charlie Miller Paju, South Korea (CNN) — Captured during the Korean War and imprisoned for decades for refusing to renounce his political beliefs, 95-year-old Ahn Hak-sop now has a single dying wish: to return to North Korea and be buried alongside his comrades. Ahn has spent most of
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By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia are asking the federal judge overseeing his criminal case to throw out the human smuggling charges he’s facing, alleging the Justice Department singled him out for prosecution after he challenged his wrongful deportation to El Salvador earlier this year. The request made Tuesday to
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By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — The White House launched a TikTok account on Tuesday amid uncertainty about the app’s future, as another deadline approaches for its parent company, Bytedance, to sell to a US buyer or be banned in the United States. President Donald Trump has repeatedly extended the deadline of a sale-or-ban law
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By Helen Regan, Sophia Saifi, CNN (CNN) — Sudden and intense bursts of extreme rainfall are causing devastation across mountainous parts of South Asia, triggering flash floods, deadly mudflows and huge landslides that have washed out entire neighbourhoods and turned vibrant communities into heaps of mud and rubble. In northwest Pakistan, ferocious floods have crashed
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By Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — A former Miami Heat security officer pleaded guilty Tuesday to transporting and transferring millions of dollars’ worth of team memorabilia, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday. Marcos Tomas Perez, 62, changed his plea from not guilty to guilty at a hearing Tuesday, according to the US Attorney’s Office in the Southern
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